Working on a folk songs list

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  • Sara B.
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    You’d think it would be easy to come up wtih 12 American patriotic songs to teach the kids over the years, right?  Nope!  LOL  I could use 2 more.  Here’s what I have so far:

    Star-Spangled Banner

    America the Beautiful

    My Country, ‘Tis of Thee

    Battle Hymn of the Republic

    This Is My Country

    Yankee Doodle

    God Bless America

    This Land Is Your Land

    You’re a Grand Old Flag

    God Bless the USA

    While we’re on the subject of folk songs, how do you choose which folk songs to teach?  I have been scouring the internet, but lots of them are just “kid songs” that I sing anyway to the kids, especially the youngest crowd.  I have a few old songs I found that I love, but most of them I’ve never even heard of, or at least can’t place the tune/lyrics.  I looked at the AO website, but I only knew like 2 or 3 from their list.  Embarassed

    RobinP
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    I don’t know if you’re only interested in patriotic song, but I always enjoyed The Erie Canal and Polly Wolly Doodle.  I loved folk songs growing up and I know there are more in my old brain that I’ll try to dig out.  This Land is Your Land, which you have, was a favorite of mine as well. 

    RobinP
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    OH!  Dixie Land.  Laughing  Can you tell where I live?? 

    zillymom
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    When Johnny Comes Marching Home

    Hail Columbia (here’s the music, might help with the syllabification)

    The American Folk Song Collection at Holy Names University has a nice search engine (it can be extremely detailed if you’re a musician, and as simple as choosing a subject and possibly a song type if you’re not). You can hear/see the music and lyrics, which is helpful for the ones that you only vaguely remember, or if you want to learn a new one along with your child(ren). Smile

    erin.kate
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    We have thoroughly enjoyed Homestead Pickers. It’s a busy/not-so-user-friendly site, so click on “CDs, DVDs, and Merchandise” and from there is a link to “The Homeschoolers Folksong Collection”. Someone at AO recommended this and we’ve been wonderfully pleased. These are not patriotic necessarily but definitely well loved. 

    Wings2fly
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    Those are good songs.

    We use Wee Sing America. It has a CD and songbook. It’s used in MFW.

    pianogirl363
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    Sara,

    Are you still looking for patriotic songs?

    We just learned about the song “Columbia, Gem of the Ocean” after reading the poem in our Primary Language Lessons book. I had heard the tune before, but didn’t realize it had words!

    ~Anna

    Sara B.
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    Thanks for all the ideas!  My mom has a few CDs with some songs on it, too, so now I have lots to choose from.

    Anna, I’ve never heard that song, but I love it!  I put that one down as a for sure.  Thanks!  🙂

    Laura.bora
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    Pianogirl – so funny you say that.  My son was studying the poem a few months ago, and as he’s reciting it, I could almost hear the tune in my head, but couldn’t figure out why!!  Once I heard the song, I recognized it!  My Pop Pop had a bunch of old cartoons when I was a kid that I would watch, and that song was on so many of the cartoons!  (WW2 Era cartoons)  I didn’t realize that it came from a poem first, and wouldn’t have without Primary Language Lwssons!

    HollyS
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    We also have the Homestead Pickers CD…I really should get that out again! 

    eawerner
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    I’m wondering if anyone has additional cd resources for folk songs, either patriotic or otherwise?  I hardly recognize any of the Homestead Pickers ones though the singing seems nice, and the Wee Sing cds… I’m not particularly fond of high pitch kiddie style singing.  Embarassed

    I really want to start adding folk songs to our family studies but I just need a book or cd or something to give me a starting list with tunes to get me up and running. 

    jenoveve
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    I am using “Go In and Out the Window” with my younger children this year.  Sadly, it is out of print.  However, I’m sure you could find a used copy for sale or possibly a library copy.  It is also “illustrated” with beautiful works of art.

    Karen
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    have you tried searching bethsmusicnotes.blogspot.com site? She’s a music teacher – she includes music, lessons plans, etc.  But she has a fantastic bunch of songs from other cultures, folk songs (American), patriotic songs, Christmas songs, etc.  Often she also links to youtube or recordings of the songs, too.

    teachme2learn
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    I have a question about the Homestead Pickers CD.  When I listened to the samples online the recording is very poor and difficult to hear.  Is this the case with the CDs?

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